US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Dec. 30 for "Systems and methods for enhancing waste disposal and energy efficiency using sensor and alternative power technologies" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,624, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for enhancing waste disposal and energy efficiency using sensor and alternative power technologies" was invented by Matthew Megyese (Phoenix), Sarah Ann Lockenvitz (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Paul Bates (Mesa, Ariz.), Nicholas Carmelo Marotta (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Cathy Jo Roth (Queen Creek, Ariz.), Austin Rowley (Mesa, Ariz.) and Jared Wheet (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system including sensor and alternative power technologies for enhancing waste disposal and energy efficiency using is provi...